Tag Archives: CDFI

With new terms, community banks are ready to start lending

The Treasury department announced last week that it will provide up to $1 billion in…

Posted: February 9, 2010 Tags: B.E. 100s, B.E. Banks, CDFI, community banks, lending, small business loans, TARP, Treasury Department, Troubled Asset Relief Program

Where mainstream financial institutions fail CDFI�s give hope

In 1990, when Willie Murriel received a loan from Sunrise Bank to purchase the building…

Posted: August 6, 2009 Tags: Banking, CDFI, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, loans

Green For All strategist: The time is now for small firms to get involved

With the American Recovery and Investment Act allotting millions of dollars in support of green-collar…